

Impact Healthcare Podcast
Lester J. Morales
Health benefits, one of the top 3 organizational expenses, become increasingly more costly each year with no end in sight. Health insurance disruptor Lester J. Morales interviews cutting-edge industry leaders implementing innovative strategies to lower healthcare costs by more than 20% while improving care quality for employees and their families. Need to see it to believe it? Subscribe to Impact Healthcare now!
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Jun 23, 2021 • 41min
Improving Employee Health with Reference Based Pricing, with Carme Lewis
Lester Morales interviews Carme Lewis, Senior HR Director at Amy’s Kitchen, to discuss her journey improving the quality of care of employees and their families. Headquartered in Petaluma, California, Amy’s Kitchen is a pioneering organic and non-GMO food manufacturer that employs over 1,900 people across four locations. Carme details her experience establishing an on-site healthcare facility, what drove them towards this innovative model, and how she overcame key challenges along the way.
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Jun 9, 2021 • 33min
Educating Executives on Employee Benefits, with Steve Watson
Lester interviews Steve Watson, licensed advisor and Founder of the Trendbreaker Community, to discuss how to educate business executives on the merits of self-funded insurance. Steve wears three hats - benefits advisor, CFO, and HR professional. He pulls from these three experiences to engage in a well-rounded conversation about how businesses can start saving on their healthcare expenditure immediately.
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May 26, 2021 • 37min
How to Win, Win, Win in Healthcare, with David Contorno
Lester interviews David Contorno, Founder & CEO of E Powered Benefits, to cover topics related to why the US healthcare system is failing physicians, employers, as well as employees, and their families. With over 20 years of experience in the employee benefits space, David provides listeners with several first-hand accounts of patients receiving top-quality care for a fraction of the price.
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May 10, 2021 • 37min
The Curse of Knowledge, with Kevin Trokey
Lester interviews Kevin Trokey, business consultant, sales coach, and Founder Partner of Q4i. Based in Missouri, Q4i is a network of benefit and insurance agencies that is redefining the role of the typical broker by developing a consultative approach. To keep up with the latest innovations and innovators changing the health benefits world, please subscribe to the Impact Healthcare podcast. Click here. To become part of the Impact Healthcare Community and receive alerts on new episodes and the top “Impact Points” of each episode, please text “IMPACT HEALTHCARE” to 813-537-6992.
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Apr 21, 2021 • 39min
Old Dog Learns New Tricks by Aligning Interest With Employees, with Dylan Phelps
Lester interviews Dylan Phelps, Chief Wellness Officer at Pittsburgh Tank & Tower Group (PTTG). A 101-year-old blue-collar company in Kentucky, PTTG has become the trailblazer for innovation in health benefits design. From appointing ONE person to be accountable for healthcare spend to taking more control over program design with transparency, PTTG is paying LESS in healthcare today than they were 5 years prior. The best part is that when employees engage with their own health benefits advocate, they have $0 (ZERO) cost. With this, PTTG has become an ESOP allowing employees to achieve even great financial benefit from making the right healthcare decisions.
To keep up with the latest innovations and innovators changing the health benefits world, please subscribe to the Impact Healthcare podcast, click here. To become part of the Impact Healthcare Community and receive alerts on new episodes and the top “Impact Points” of each episode, please text “IMPACT HEALTHCARE” to 813-537-6992.
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Apr 21, 2021 • 6min
Introduction to Impact Healthcare
In his welcome message, Lester Morales, an insurance nerd and entrepreneur, introduces us to his latest project to disrupt the health benefits industry, the Impact Healthcare Podcast. After medical bills devastated his family with the financial ruin of bankruptcy at age 17 and losing both his parents to cancer, Lester is fueled by a very strong WHY (featured in Forbes- read article here).
This series features the people and strategies that are impacting the world of healthcare benefits. The Impact Healthcare Podcast debuts on April 28th. To keep up with the latest innovations and innovators changing the health benefits world, please subscribe to the Impact Healthcare podcast.
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